Show # 124   November 12, 1959

Ernie's Guest: Minnie Pearl

Script Notes: Cousin Minnie's second visit to her lifelong friend, Ernie's place. 

Musical Numbers: Take Me Along: Ernie and The Top Twenty / The Nickelodeon Song: The Top Twenty / Hog Tied Over You: Ernie and Minnie / In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin': Ernie and The Top Twenty

Cast: Ernie Ford, Minnie Pearl, The Top Twenty

Show # 125 Nov.  19, 1959

Ernie's Guest: Gisele MacKenzie

Script Notes: Of all the Ford Shows broadcast--the only show featuring someone other than Ernie closing with a hymn.

Musical Numbers: There'll Be No New Tunes On This Old Piano: Ernie and The Top Twenty / Love Is The Only Thing: Ernie / I Wanna Be A Friend Of Yours: Ernie and Gisele / The Three Bells: Gisele and The Top Twenty

Cast: Ernie Ford, Gisele MacKenzie, The Top Twenty

Show # 126   November 26, 1959

Ernie's Guest: Howard McNear (...come on you Andy Griffith fans--who was Howard McNear...?)

Script Notes: Mayberry's pride and joy, Floyd the barber visits Ernie and the gang for this fourth Thanksgiving Ford Show.

Musical Numbers: Jingle Bells/Merry Christmas Polka: Ernie and The Top Twenty / Medley: Sleigh Ride/Snow, Snow/The Loveliest Night Of The Year: The Top Twenty / Bless This House: Ernie, Howard, The Top Twenty

Cast: Ernie Ford, Howard McNear, The Top Twenty

Show # 127   December 3, 1959

Ernie's Guest: Allen Case

Script Notes: Allen Case, co-star of NBC's "The Deputy", visits Ernie for this 13th Ford Show to close without a hymn.

Musical Numbers: Big D/Hi, Neighbor: Ernie and the gang / That Old Feeling: Allen / Medley: Buffalo Gal/Pony Boy/When Pay Day Rolls Around/Pecos Bill: The Top Twenty

Cast: Ernie Ford, Allen Case, The Top Twenty

Show # 128   December 10, 1959

Ernie's Guests: Liberace and Margarethe Bertelson ~ The 1959 Rose Queen

Script Notes: Making his second -even more flamboyant- appearance, Liberace joins Ernie in celebrating the reign of the 1959 Rose Queen, Margarete Vertelson, and her Court. Lavish sets, incredible costumes...as garish a Ford Show as you imagine, with all the requirements of a Ford Show Classic.

Musical Numbers: The Winter Song: Ernie and The Top Twenty / Tschaikovsky Concerto: Liberace / Do Re Mi: Ernie, Liberace, Rose Queen and Court / Sleep, My Little Lord Jesus: Ernie

Cast: Ernie Ford, Liberace, Rose Queen Pamela Prather, The Top Twenty

Show # 129  Dec.  17, 1959

Ernie's Guest: Kate Smith

Script Notes: America's Sweetheart pays a visit to her old friend, Ernie, for this Holiday Ford Show Classic. Among the standout moments...Kate asks Ernie for a little help with some favorite recipes for her new cook book!

Musical Numbers: I'm Movin' On: Ernie / White Christmas:Kate / Tater Pie: Kate, Ernie and The Top Twenty / O Hearken Ye: Ernie and The Top Twenty

Cast: Ernie Ford, Kate Smith, The Top Twenty

Show # 130 Dec.  24, 1959

Ernie's Guest: Jay North

Script Notes: Back on January 1, of the same year ('59) Ernie hosted pal Danny Thomas, along with Angela Cartwright and Rusty Hamer, Danny's TV 'kids'. In the same show, another young actor, then unknown, does a brief cameo in a bit with Danny. He received no credit. The boy was Jay North, now a star with Dennis The Menace, and Ernie's Guest star for this 1959 Christmas Classic; The Ford Show's third. A standout moment: Ernie's first televised performance of the Carol, 'Some Children See Him'. 

Musical Numbers: Caroling, Caroling/The Happiest Christmas Tree: Ernie and The Top Twenty / Medley: O Come All Ye Faithful/God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen/Carol Of The Bells/The First Noel/Joy To The World/Carol Of The Drums: Ernie and The Top Twenty / Some Children See Him: Ernie and The Top Twenty

Cast: Ernie Ford, Jay North, The Top Twenty

 

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